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Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 - Mod Warning in OP, 10/12

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  • #5762
    pmy.murphy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,585 ✭✭✭pmy.murphy


    Charlie19 wrote: »
    Sure imagine what we could do with the money.

    Spend 25 million of it on Fabian Delph or someone


  • #5763
    ebbsy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,262 ✭✭✭ebbsy


    Charlie19 wrote: »
    Sure imagine what we could do with the money.

    I would NOT let Rodgers near a piggy bank.


  • #5764
    smileyj1987
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,325 ✭✭✭smileyj1987


    Fowler87 wrote: »
    Felt sorry for the lad. Awful decision. Has to be given a chance to prove his worth other than few cameos

    What appears to be an Awful decision was the correct one , the champions league is very different to the Premier league . It would have been a yellow card and no more in the premier league but in Europe challenges like that are always going to have the book thrown at you .


  • #5765
    Osmosis Jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,006 ✭✭✭✭Osmosis Jones


    Slattsy wrote: »
    So you were happy with the midfield tonight?
    Knowing we needed a win.

    Fair enough.

    No but if we had lost with Coutinho on you'd just be calling for someone else who wasn't playing.


  • #5766
    Turtyturd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭Turtyturd


    Fowler87 wrote: »
    Felt sorry for the lad. Awful decision. Has to be given a chance to prove his worth other than few cameos

    Hopefully he doesn't get frozen out after tonight.

    As for no midfielder being close to Gerrard, it's hard to judge that while he is constantly playing and preventing anyone else getting a chance.


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  • #5767
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 45,738 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Lallana, Lovren, Moreno Markovic and Can.

    5 players signed for 90m or so and none regulars.

    Very weird


  • #5768
    mada999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,222 ✭✭✭mada999


    Mr Alan wrote: »
    I don't know.

    But there has to be someone out there who could perform better than Rodgers is.

    Someone who is capable of buying decent players would be a start

    tbf fair Alan, no Liverpool managers really have got signings right consistantly in their tenure at Liverpool... has to be some kind of curse on us at this stage..


  • #5769
    smileyj1987
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,325 ✭✭✭smileyj1987


    mada999 wrote: »
    tbf fair Alan, no Liverpool managers really have got signings right consistantly in their tenure at Liverpool... has to be some kind of curse on us at this stage..

    In fairness when you are shopping in the second tier of players you have to take a risk and sometimes it will back fire on you big time .


  • #5770
    Kerrigooney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,987 ✭✭✭Kerrigooney


    pmy.murphy wrote: »
    Waste of 15 million for me. We could have done a lot better for that amount

    If you look at who we've bought since we spent 15m on him,I'm not sure we could have done a lot better.


  • #5771
    Mr Alan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,372 ✭✭✭✭Mr Alan


    mada999 wrote: »
    tbf fair Alan, no Liverpool managers really have got signings right consistantly in their tenure at Liverpool... has to be some kind of curse on us at this stage..

    There was been plenty of class signings over the last decade or so.

    Rodgers has had more backing than any manager over that time & yet he has one good signing to his name. Shocking.


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  • #5772
    5starpool
    Subscribers Posts: 32,872 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    smileyj1987 wrote: »
    In fairness when you are shopping in the second tier of players you have to take a risk and sometimes it will back fire on you big time .

    Almost every time though is more than careless.


  • #5773
    mada999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,222 ✭✭✭mada999


    Pyjamarama wrote: »
    Sack the manager who brought us to within a WHISKER of winning the league last year... did we learn nothing when we sacked Rafa during his tough run?

    this year was always going to be mega tough with the extra games and losing possibly the best player we've ever had. We can't spend €60m on a striker. Do people really think that Rodgers wouldn't want the likes of Di Maria, Sanchez etc at the club??? I can't understand how anyone could think he doesn't deserve time to get it right?!?!

    The performances have been really really poor and criticism of them is fully warranted. But all this "thats the last straw" malarkey is pure rubbish. We're not in the relegation zone lads. He's shown in the past he can get us playing well even without Suarez. A bit of patience from the supporters is the least we can give.

    the thing that kills me is that he isn't playing all the summer signings, why not break the bank and buy guaranteed starters and stump up the cash for their wages... no point buying 5 mediocre players and leave the on the bench...may as well buy 2 class acts and pump up the squad with u21's....

    yeah or no ?


  • #5774
    smileyj1987
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,325 ✭✭✭smileyj1987


    Mr Alan wrote: »
    There was been plenty of class signings over the last decade or so.

    Rodgers has had more backing than any manager over that time & yet he has one good signing to his name. Shocking.

    In fairness though for every good player signed some of the players that have been signed where shockingly bad . I would love to know how LFC under BR does its transfer business .


  • #5775
    pmy.murphy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,585 ✭✭✭pmy.murphy


    Mr Alan wrote: »
    There was been plenty of class signings over the last decade or so.

    Rodgers has had more backing than any manager over that time & yet he has one good signing to his name. Shocking.

    Class signings sprinkled in amongst 4 or 5 times the amount of unmitiagated disasters

    Our transfer record has been atricious. Rafa was the only one who got a few class signings almost all at once or during a small period of time but his record wasnt great either at times


  • #5776
    Soups123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,011 ✭✭✭Soups123


    mada999 wrote: »
    the thing that kills me is that he isn't playing all the summer signings, why not break the bank and buy guaranteed starters and stump up the cash for their wages... no point buying 5 mediocre players and leave the on the bench...may as well buy 2 class acts and pump up the squad with u21's....

    yeah or no ?

    It's not only about wanting them players they have to want you , I would say Brendan realised in the summer it's not just about having money and because of that he had to drop a level with his signings


  • #5777
    SlickRic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,732 ✭✭✭✭SlickRic


    I still hope Rodgers can turn it around.

    The fact is, the evidence is just piling up now to suggest that he just isn't capable.

    Without Suarez and/or Sturridge, we simply shouldn't be this horrendous. I'm sorry, but it's impossible.


  • #5778
    mada999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,222 ✭✭✭mada999


    Augeo wrote: »
    I see Rodgers getting an unfair level of criticism from folks in here. Hysteric, moronic, reactionary criticism.

    how is he getting unfair criticism?! please tell me...

    he's bought muck, doesnt play them.. has a 32 yr old striker whos played a few games in a row and is wrecked and tbh totally not suited to the way we play.

    he has Borini who he bought as a striker (not a big fan) but doesnt even have him on the bench....

    Playing the second half of a champs league match and has no striker on :confused:


  • #5779
    Soups123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,011 ✭✭✭Soups123


    He deserves this season and more he is a young manager and if he can get it rolling again he'll have learnt a lot


  • #5780
    mosstin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,377 ✭✭✭mosstin


    mada999 wrote: »
    how is he getting unfair criticism?! please tell me...

    he's bought muck, doesnt play them.. has a 32 yr old striker whos played a few games in a row and is wrecked and tbh totally not suited to the way we play.

    he has Borini who he bought as a striker (not a big fan) but doesnt even have him on the bench....

    Playing the second half of a champs league match and has no striker on :confused:

    Hard to argue with most of this except the bolded part. Markovic, who hasn't looked great, was on fire before the red tonight. Lallana is a mystery. Lovren hasn't settled but looked a very good player at the Saints. Lambert was bought as a break glass in case of emergency striker and, well, started tonight strangely. And Mario is just Mario. Not entirely muck.


  • #5781
    djPSB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,299 ✭✭✭djPSB


    Soups123 wrote: »
    He deserves this season and more he is a young manager and if he can get it rolling again he'll have learnt a lot

    I suppose Allardyce and Pardew are good examples of managers who turned it around.

    I don't think it's an unmitigated disaster just yet. The squad in general is decent, just need to get lots of goals into first team.


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  • #5782
    rob316
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,924 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    All I want to know is who is in charge of transfers at the club? The less and less rodgers plays them the more I believe he isn't responsible.


  • #5783
    mada999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,222 ✭✭✭mada999


    BMJD wrote: »
    What do you expect when we are left with Martin Skrtl up front for the last few minutes? .

    was straight from the mourinho text book :(


  • #5784
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,272 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    rob316 wrote: »
    All I want to know is who is in charge of transfers at the club? The less and less rodgers plays them the more I believe he isn't responsible.


    If that's the case he should be sacked and a manager who will play them should be hired.

    Why do you think he didn't sign these players?

    Which memeber of the committee is leaking to the press that Rodgers didn't want these players.


  • #5785
    Mr_Red
    Closed Accounts Posts: 483 ✭✭Mr_Red


    Soups123 wrote: »
    He deserves this season and more he is a young manager and if he can get it rolling again he'll have learnt a lot

    And risk your clubs reputation ?


  • #5786
    Fromvert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,083 ✭✭✭Fromvert


    mada999 wrote: »
    was straight from the mourinho text book :(

    If only he looked a little more at Jose's text book, he might learn something!


  • #5787
    mada999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,222 ✭✭✭mada999


    RED L4 0TH wrote: »
    Never agreed with the CL 3rd place finishers going into the EL, but here we are now. How will BR treat it I wonder?

    well tbh there's better teams left in it than Basel... get Strurridge back and i think we have some kind of chance... but we'd have to let the league slip.. [even-though 4th is close it, may be close but too far :(]


  • #5788
    barney 20v
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 982 ✭✭✭barney 20v


    Less Mourinho --- more.....


  • #5789
    mada999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,222 ✭✭✭mada999


    JohnDaniels wrote: »
    I was delighted with the sub's at halftime. What do the people crying about them want? To leave Lambert on the pitch? Markovic has played as a striker before and it was clear him and Sterling were going to interchange. I actually thought we looked much better and it was how we should have started the game.

    was Markovic not on the right wing :confused:


  • #5790
    Fromvert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,083 ✭✭✭Fromvert


    barney 20v wrote: »
    Less Mourinho --- more.....

    Rodgers' wishes he had his tactical nous!


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  • #5791
    Soups123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,011 ✭✭✭Soups123


    Mr_Red wrote: »
    And risk your clubs reputation ?

    Not really he's not murdering baby's over there.

    He's having a **** time of it but 20 games ago you'd have offered him a 5 yr contract. Outside of Chelsea this year most top teams are playing ****.

    He deserves time to get it right


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